I am usually the person that has the great idea to give everyone in my office a nice homemade gift at Christmas time or Christmas update card around December 15th. That's way too late to stat thinking about that. Honestly, I get so busy and it seems so daunting that I inevitably give up and make a note that next year will be my year. So when I got the opportunity to work with Basic Invite, I had a few requirements for my self: A.) it had to look pretty, and B.) it had to be easy. And that was exactly what I experienced with Basic Invite. I went through the whole process and tried a variety of different  options (all pictured) from home stationary, family thank you's, Frankie's baby announcement, Ryan-Kate's  preschool graduation, and a hypothetical anniversary party. The ease of each project sold me! When I received my samples I was blown away with the quality of each of my items, and I didn't even get the gold foil option! Right now, Basic Invite is offering 15% off with code: 15FF51. 

Basic Invite has a line for their graduation invites, announcements, and thank you's. I created a mock up for Ryan-Kate and I loved how it turned out! I loved the interaction with the whole process, they double check your work and once you approve they send it off to print! I consistently have spelling errors and admittedly am not a details person. So the fact that someone else can check my work was an added bonus. 

I bet many of you don't remember the time I had purple hair for about 6 months. If I knew then that I know now, I would do things way differently. In the process, I fried my hair and it took a while to get it to where it used to be. I think hair should be fun and an expression, also, hair grows back! So don't be afraid to shake it up a bit. I got an opportunity to try Overtone's for brown hair line so that brunettes can try color too without all of the damage. Overall, I loved the ease of this product with my hair. The coloring system is easy: just apply to dry hair and wash away with hot water 10-15 minutes later. No extreme bleaching or harsh chemicals. It is a vegan, cruelty-free product too! The smell is almost like the love child of spearmint and rosemary. It's pretty refreshing.